morfu

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, from Proto-Italic *morfos, whence Latin morbus whence Sicilian morvu.

Pronunciation

  • (Mangone) IPA(key): [ˈmurfu]
  • (Serrastretta) IPA(key): [ˈmuorfu]

Noun

morfu m

  1. (central Calabria) synonym of morvu (“snot”)

Derived terms

References

  • “Dizionario dialettale — M”, in Pro-loco di di Spezzano Piccolo‎[1], archived from the original on 28 November 2022
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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